Jill O'Hara
Jill O'Hara is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1969 for creating the role of Fran Kubelik in Promises, Promises, a role made famous by Shirley MacLaine in the movie the musical is based on, The Apartment (1960).
Jill O'Hara
- Name
- Jill O'Hara
- Occupation
- Actress, singer
- Born
- 1947 · Warren.
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- HB Studio
- Honours
- Theatre World Award
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Jill O'Hara • Years Active — 1967–present • Father — John B. O'Hara • Mother — Edith O'Hara • Occupation — Actress, singer
Early life
Early life
Her father, John B. O'Hara, was a salesman, and her mother, Edith O'Hara (née Hopkins), was a journalist and drama teacher, who founded the 13th Street Repertory Theatre in New York City. Edith ran it until her death in 2020. Her sister is actress Jenny O'Hara, and her singer/guitarist brother Jack O'Hara, grew up amid their mother's pursuit of a theatrical career. Edith O'Hara directed a children's theater in Warren, where the two daughters occasionally acted. Jill studied at the HB Studio in Greenwich Village.
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Career
O'Hara created the role of Sheila in the original Off-broadway production of Hair in 1967. In 1971 she performed off-Broadway in Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder. She was a member of the original Broadway cast of George M! in 1968. In addition to her appearances on original cast albums, O'Hara has released albums of her own songs and recordings and has performed her own cabaret shows.
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- 1.In real-life drama, grandson saved theater icon, 96 - The Villager Newspaper. thevillager.com. 7 March 2013.
- 2.Edith O"Hara - 100th Year. 14 April 2016.
- 3.Stephen Holden,"Very Private Jill O'Hara Once Again Goes Public", nytimes.com, October 19, 1990; accessed November 17, 2014.
- 4.Profile, broadwayworld.com; accessed November 17, 2014.
- 5.Profile, allmusic.com; accessed November 17, 2014.
- 6."Tony nominee Jill O'Hara performs from her CD at Barnes & Noble", May 26, 2009, broadwayworld.com; accessed November 17, 2014.
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